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Interviewing Blog
Hi, I’m Hillary Logan
LCSW, LCAS
Member, Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
At MI Center for Change, Motivational Interviewing is our passion. Motivational Interviewing will help you become more effective and efficient as you support clients’ change!
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Approaching “Itchy Topics” with Clients
What is an “Itchy Topic?” Something that makes you or your client uncomfortable, like you have an itch! Steven Rollnick, co-creator of Motivational Interviewing (MI), came up with the term “itchy topics” to refer to when we need to have a conversation with a client...
Releasing New Year’s Resolutions
One thing I have learned about studying behavioral change for decades is that change is NOT simple or easy. If change was as simple as making a resolution and sticking to it, I’d be out of a job (both as a therapist and a trainer of Motivational Interviewing!). ...
TWO Experts in the Room
In one of my previous MI trainings, I had a participant who shared a story that has always stuck with me. She was a nurse who was struggling with a certain medical issue that had been recommended for surgery. She was very reluctant to consider this option and when it...
Connecting to Your WHY
Hey folks! This is third in a series of three on using Motivational Interviewing with yourSELF! Click here for the blog links for one and two. So if you have a change that you are feeling stuck around, or really wishing you could get some traction changing, these are...
Detective Listening
A word from MINT member Chris de Beer! - Hillary I’m so pleased to be able to be on the team with Hillary and Chris - both trainers and clinicians that I truly respect. I look forward to meeting more of you in the coming year! Training others in MI is one of the most...
OARS for Self Change! A Little Activity!
Did you know that we can apply elements of Motivational Interviewing to our own dilemmas? Today we are exploring how to use OARS skills, the ‘microskills’ of Motivational Interviewing, with ourSELVES! Kinda cool! (Also, this email is loaded with freebies!) This is...
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Hi, I’m Hillary Logan
At MI Center for Change, Motivational Interviewing is our passion. Motivational Interviewing will help you become more effective and efficient as you support clients’ change!